FAO
29 Jan 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
17 January 2013: The Global Soil Partnership (GSP), an initiative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), held a training on soil legacy databases and soil classification in support of the establishment of a Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Soil Partnership and the development of a regional soil legacy database and soil map.
The training was held from 13-17 January 2013 in Amman, Jordan and included a focus on soil legacy data, standard soil templates, quality control and...
18 Dec 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
14 December 2012: The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) has reported on the outcomes of a workshop on priority adaptation measures to climate change for fisheries and aquaculture in Fiji, including the identification of inshore fish aggregating devices (FADs) as a key “win-win” adaptation to meet increased demand for fish in areas with degraded coral reefs.
The workshop, which took place in Suava, Fiji, from 12-14 December 2012, was jointly organized by the SPC’s Fisheries,...
17 Dec 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
14 December 2012: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the African, Caribbean and Pacific group of States (ACP) to strengthen collaboration on food insecurity, malnutrition, hunger, natural resources management and climate change.
Collaborative efforts will be undertaken in the following areas: food security; sustainable intensification of crops and livestock; fisheries and aquaculture production; food crisis early warning...
12 Dec 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
December 2012: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) has released the 22nd edition of its 2012 Infosylva newsletter, which highlights the lowest rates of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon since records began in 1988.
The newsletter features an article on an ongoing project in Cameroon where the Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) is collecting data on the potential for sustainable timber production to increase carbon stocks.
FAO events mentioned in the...
05 Dec 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
4 December 2012: Through the REDD+ Partnership, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), in collaboration with the UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), have launched an online database of REDD+ investments.
The voluntary REDD+ database (VRD) was launched with data collected by Australia, France and Papua New Guinea for the purpose of improving REDD+ transparency. The VRD also supports the exchange of experiences on REDD+, and the...
